Recessed door pull



July Z2, 1952 E. F. BACON r-:rAL 2,603,821

RECESSED DOOR PULL.

Filed Dec.l 9, 1949 A Irak/vifs Patented July 22, 1952 UNITED-ASTA1-ss PATENT l'or-r11ce y REoEssED Doon PULL Elb'riage F. sacan, charles s. oqmey, anamnese 1?. Saxton, Flint, Mich.; said Bacon assignor to saidv Conley and said Saxton Application. December 9, 1949, serial No. 132,148 claims. (C1. man1)v This invention relates to a handle construction for a door or they like and more particularly to a recessed door pull.

It is an object of this invention to provide an attractive door pull which can bemanufactured economically and which canbe mounted on a door, drawer front, o r other panel wtih a minimum of difliculty.

More specifically, the invention contemplates a recessed door pull which embodies a front concave -cover plate and a rear cover plate overlying an opening in a door and a handle on the front plate having threaded Shanks which project through vthe front cover plate and receive screws extending through the back of thel plate. Thel construction furthermore conceals the mounting means for the handle assembly from the front face of the door, and eliminates the necessity of driving screws into the door itself for the purpose of holding the door pull in place.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a cabinet showing the recessed pulls of this invention mounted on the doors.

Figure 2 is a'sectional' View7 2--2 in Figure l. f

Figure 3 is a section view along lines 3-3 in Figure 1.

Figure 4 is an enlarged front elevation of the door pull of this invention.

Figure 5 is a sectional view similar to Figure 3 but showing a slightly different assembly arrangement.

Referring to the drawings, there is shown a cabinet Ill having an opening therein which is closed by a pair of doors I2 mounted on hinges I4 on opposite sides of the door opening. Doors' I2 are held in a closed position preferably by means of spring catches or the like (not shown). For the purpose of pulling the doors open so as to overcome the friction of the catches, each door is provided with a recessed door pull generally indicated as I6. The door pull I includes a front cover plate I8 which is generally concave and provided with a peripheral flange 20. To accommodate plate I8, the door I2 is provided with an opening 22 therein. Opening 22 provides apertures on each face of the door which are of substantially the same size and slightly smaller than the diameter of plate I8 so as to receive the concave portion I9 of plate I8 with the flange 20 engaging the outer face of the door around the edge of opening 22.

Within the concavity I9 of cover I8 there is mounted a handle member 24 which extends across the concave portion of plate I8 and has a taken along line pair of inwardly projecting Shanks 26' which extend through openings 28 in plate I9. Handle 24 preferably arcuate in shape so as to projectl outwardly beyond the front face of the door a slightly extent and providesumcient clearance between the handle and the concavity I9 of plate I8 to permit a person so insert his fingers between the handle and the plategwhen. it is desired to pull the door open. At each end, handle 24 is' formed with` arcuately shaped seats 29`v which engage the concave portion of' plate I8 and position the handlewithin the concavity I9.

A rear cover plate 311''overlies'Y opening 22 on the rear face of the door. Plateliis preferably formed with an annular circumferential shoulder 32 which has a nicel nt in opening 22 and a radially extending peripheral flange 34 which engages the rear face vof [the door around' the edge of opening 22. Shoulder 32 and nange 34 serve to centerv plate 3U over opening 22 inthe same manner that the vcol'icave portion of plate I8 and the peripheral ang'e 210 serve to center a front plate I8 over opening 22 on the front face of the door. Rear plate 30 is provided with a pair of apertures 36 which'are` spaced apart to register with threaded sc nckets 331 in` Shanks 26 of handle 24. 'Ifhe entire assembly is held in place by screws: #Il whi'ch extend through apertures 36 in plate 30 and thread into the threaded bores 3'3 in shanks26.

t' will thus be seen that I have provided an attractive recessed door pull which is not only economical to manufacture, but which at the same time lends itself most admirably for easy mounting on a door panel. It will be appreciated that although the recessed door has been shown in conjunction with a cabinet door, it may be mounted on any type door, as well as on drawer fronts and the like. It will also be appreciated that the front and rear cover plates may be provided with other than a circular shape. It is only required to form an opening straight through the door slightly smaller in size but conforming in shape to that of the front and rear plates. In the form illustrated, plate I8 is centered over opening 22 by Contact between the edge of the opening and the concave portion of the plate as at 42 and rear plate 32 is centered over the opening on the opposite face of the door by shoulder 32 and ange 34. Self-centering cover plates on both sides of the door are not absolutely necessary, however` If one of the plates is constructed so as to center itself over the opening, screws 4l! and handle 22 with which they are secured will serve to autotageous for accommodating the door pull assembly fordoors which vary substantially in thickness.

We claim: Y 1. A handle assembly for a door or the like comprising a concave front cover plate having`V a peripheral fiange for engagementl with the outer face of a panel, such as a door," having an opening therethrough dimensioned slightly smaller than said front plate and adapted to receive said concave portion, said front plate having at least one aperture in the concave portion thereof, a handle rmember adapted to be seated in said concave portion of said front plate, said handle member having a threaded shank adapted to extend through said front plate, a back plate of substantially the same dimension as said front plate adapted to be positioned on the back face of said panel overlying said Vopening, said back cover plate having an aperture therein Aarranged to register with the aperture in said frontA cover plate, and a headed stud member adapted to extend through the aperture in 'said back plate with it's head seated against said back plate and having a shank adapted to threadedly engage the shank of said handle to hold said cover plates and handle in a rigidly assembled position on said panel.

2. The combination set forth in claim 1 whereinthe portion of said handle shank which extends through said front vplate is provided with a threaded bore, said headed member comprising a screw adapted to be threaded into said bore.

3. A handle assembly for a door or the like comprising a front cover plate having a peripheral flange for engagement with the outer face of a door provided with an opening therethrough dimensioned slightly smaller than saidV front cover plate, said cover plate'having a concave portion adapted to extend into said opening in the door, a back cover plate .adapted to overlie the opening in the door on the rear face of the door and having a peripheral edge portion adapted to engage the back face vof the door around said opening, a handle member extending across said concave portion of said front cover plate and having a pair of integrally formed shank members adjacent each end thereof extending through said concave portion toward said back plate, said shank members each having a threaded bore, and a pair of headed screws adapted to extend through the back plate with the heads thereof seated on said back plate and with their shanks threaded into the bores of the shanks on said handles, said screws forming the sole means for holding said front and back plates and said handle in assembled position over the opening on said door.

4. The combination set forth in claim 3 wherein said peripheral edge portion of said back plate is offset from the plane of said back plate and connected therewith by an annular flange which extends substantially perpendicular to the plane of said back plate, said back plate being adapted to be positioned against the rear face of the door over said opening with either face of said peripheral flange positioned-against the rear face of the door whereby said handle assembly may be mounted on doors which vary substantially in thickness. i

5. The combination set forth in claim 3 wherein said front plate is circular in shape and wherein said concave portion is spherical, said handle being of arcuate contour in a direction longitudinally thereof such that the end portions of the handle adjacent said handle shanks seat against the concave portion ofsaid front plate at diametrically opposed edge portions thereof and the portion of said handle between said Shanks is spaced from the central portion of said concave front plate a distance sufficient to accommodate a persons fingers between said handle and the central concave portion of said plate.

ELBRIDGE F. BACON.

CHARLES S. COMEY.

MULLARD F. SAXTON.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record "1n the le of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 243,374 Howard et al June 28, 1881 956,433 Schuyler et al. Apr. 26, 1910 1,824,345 Hardwick Sept. 22, 1931 2,387,187 lSmith Oct. 16, 1945 

